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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 8043.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 Oct 01 06h33 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch


(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)14.4
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.6 "
Coma diameter1 '
r (dist/Sun) 2.158 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.217 AU
Right ascension07 46 32.77 h m s
Declination-42 04 38.7 ° ' "
MPC report
COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [amaury@spaceobs.com]
OBS A. Maury, J.-G Bosch
MEA J.-G Bosch
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2014.10.01 10:51:00
AC2 jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch
NET UCAC-4
    CK14Q020  C2014 10 01.27310 07 46 32.77 -42 04 38.7          14.4 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2014 10 01.31859 07 46 35.46 -42 04 45.9          14.3 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
Filter(s)None
CameraQHY9
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-35 °C
Binning2x2
MountParamount
AutoguideYes
Air mass2.2
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro Atacama
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
URL for more information or pictureshttp://transitionsciel.blogspot.fr/
Observation submission date2014 Oct 01 12h54m40s
Observation modification date2014 Oct 01 20h11m35s

(Record n° 12674)

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